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Another newbie from the UK

Hi folks i've just joined this group hoping to read/learn about linux. At present i'm trying to decide which distribution to go for. From what i've learnt so far; ubuntu seems in first place, but suse offers alot of software. Redhat/fedora barely seems to get a mention (but has more drivers for hardware) and yet has been around the longest. What is the best package to LEARN ON?

Ubuntu is a good choice, it comes in 3 flavors, my choice as easiest of those
is Kubuntu, which is ubuntu with the kde desktop builtin. its very intuitive and windoze-like wih all the same buttons
such as forward, back, home, bookmarks [instead of favorites], file/ save as....

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